School Resources

ATTENDANCE TIPS BY TEXT

	If you use systems to send messages by text to parents, we have developed a series of short facts about the importance of good school attendance aimed at parents. These sound bites are also suitable for use in school news letters that go home to parents. If you would like a copy please contact support HERE

ATTENDANCE WEEK SCHEME OF WORK FOR FORM GROUPS (Secondary Schools Only)

We have specifically developed a scheme of work to help engage your pupils with the Attendance Challenge. This comprises of 5 ten minute lessons which encourage your children to think about the importance of good attendance in schools and consists of thought provoking exercises, quizzes and mini challenges which can be used in form time. If you would like a copy of this resource please contact support and we will e-mail you a copy.

PAINTING BRIGHTER FUTURES (Primary Schools Only)

A 'Design your Brighter Future' competition to get children thinking and talking about their future, what they would like to be and how attendance at schools is important. If you would like to enter your children in this competition, please contact support and we will e-mail you a copy.

KEY SUBMISSION DATES CALENDAR

Schools if you would like a calendar of key dates when you need to submit your attendance data, please contact support and we will e-mail you a copy.

ATTENDANCE CHALLENGE ASSEMBLY

If you would like a PowerPoint slideshow to run your own Attendance Challenge assembly please contact our support desk and state whether you are a primary or secondary school. We will send you a PowerPoint presentation, full of fun and informative tips to help your pupils improve attendance (see screenshots below).

The Attendance Challenge assembly can be run at any time during the campaign.

Secondary School Assembly

Primary School Assembly

SOME FACTS

“If a child misses just one day a week, over the course of their school career they will miss two years of schooling.”

Every Lesson Counts March 2007

“Children excluded from school and persistent truants are at greater risk of
growing up to become vulnerable adults living on the edges of society. They will not only become less able to form relationships or find jobs but they will also go on to make huge demands on the NHS, social services and the criminal justice system. “

Misspent Youth. New Philanthropy Capital Report June 2007

It is well documented that NEETS (Young people that are not in Employment, Education or Training) have poor school attendance records.

‘A study by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) conservatively estimates that each new NEET (not in employment, education or training) at 16 will cost taxpayers an average of £97,000 during their lifetime, with the worst costing more than £300,000 apiece. Their impact on crime, public health and antisocial behaviour was so marked that the study found that a single 157,000-strong cohort of 16 to 18-year-old Neets would cost the country a total of £15 billion by the time they died prematurely in about 2060. They are, says the study, 22 times more likely to be teenage mothers; 50% more likely to suffer from poor health; 60% more likely to be involved with drugs and more than 20 times more likely to become criminals. ‘

The Sunday Times

THE ATTENDANCE CHALLENGE CODE

Good Habits Prepare You For Life - The Attendance Challenge Code uses the ‘unauthorised absence’ codes to communicate to young people the good habits they need to develop at school which will aid them in life.

Download a PDF Version of The Attendance Challenge code - Download [350KB]

ADVICE FOR PARENTS FROM EVERY LESSON COUNTS

The advice contained in this document can be added to school newsletters as an example.

Download a Word Version of The Every Lesson Counts Advice - Download [470KB]

E-CERTIFICATE

	To request a print version of this certificate to use in your school please enter your title, school, email address and contact number HERE

EXAMPLES OF BEST PRACTICE

Submission from headteacher Margaret Dolan at St Mary's, Swinton.

This daily plan is really effective with Year 4 pupils and the information on sleep is a simple but effective piece to use in school newsletters.

Download a Word Version of The Daily Plan - Download [24KB]

Download a Word Version of The Information on Sleep - Download [24KB]

 

Submission from Julie Carson, Headteacher , Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School and Sure Start Children's Centre.

This powerpoint presentation was developed for a school assembly on 'Super Attendance'. Any child that gave a 'Super' answer to the quiz questions was given a treat by a Superhero.

Download a Powerpoint Version of The 'Super Attendance' quiz - Download [1,544KB]